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The Occupy Strategy Group consists of an email list of over 100 people, 6-8 of whom
met in open conference calls for the past year to review input from surveys, research,
emails, articles, and the Draft 2012 Occupy National Gathering Vision documents.

Over 100 proposed items were culled, then reframed into a smaller list, and also
released via an unofficial survey that generated 88 responses. Intense deliberations
and a strong desire to be as inclusive as possible, resulted in these recommendations
– based on urgency, doability, and degree of impact:

The group aligns on the following list of objectives. We envision the objectives as the
first steps on the path to a more peaceful, loving, and sustainable planet.
It begins with a livable ecosystem. Climate change is our timeline.

Abolish Corporate Personhood.*

Nationalize health care.

Establish a strong “commons” to protect the Earth and
nourish community.**

I appreciate the goals list, but I'm afraid you left out the biggest problem: campaign finance reform.

Well, let me start at the beginning. We're going to change things one of two ways: (1) by voting and moving toward a social democracy (like Denmark) that then enjoys upward mobility, less class stratification, basic living necessities, etc. or (2) we burn it down and build something new.

Option 2 sounds appealing--we, the oppressed working class, have a right to be angry, but it's both a morally corrupt position and illogical one to believe that from the ashes of destruction a better world would rise.

If we really want American and the world to morph into an anarchist state of free will and cooperative, cohesive living, then we need an educated, informed public. We need to move toward social democracy. We certainly don't need to focus on "ending capitalism" -- the world can't even agree what capitalism means. Democracy is all that matters, really.

So, what if we created a democracy grading system that we use to hold politicians accountable. Basically, I'm taking about taking NRA's game plan (they give politicians A-F grades on gun policy) and use it for democracy grading (actions, not words).

This list of 10 aims is very noble and I wish it were possible. I'd love to live in that kind of world. I fear only a revolution could achieve these as the people in power can not be stopped .... no matter how loud we shout. However it is increasingly obvious that the IPCC is politically motivated. It is also increasingly obvious that drastic climate change is just what happens on planet Earth, and has done for millions of years. This scare-mongering regarding global warming is political lies created to make the rich even richer through higher taxes and investment opportunities.